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Definitions for preferred
pre·ferred
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Princeton's WordNet
preferable, preferredadjective
more desirable than another
"coffee is preferable to tea"; "Danny's preferred name is `Dan'"
favored, favorite(a), favourite(a), best-loved, pet, preferred, preferentadjective
preferred above all others and treated with partiality
"the favored child"
Wiktionary
preferrednoun
Preferred stock.
preferredadjective
favoured
Webster Dictionary
Preferred
of Prefer
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'preferred' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4254
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'preferred' in Adjectives Frequency: #1006
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of preferred in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of preferred in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of preferred in a Sentence
Racing at 200 miles per hour doesn't give me a lot of time to think about politics. And even if it did, I have always preferred the roar of the engine to the roar of my voice.
Last month, in a bid to prevent informing the American people and its elected representatives about Russian efforts to help President President Trump and hurt Joe Biden, the Trump Administration announced that it would cease briefing Congress in person, and rely on written products alone. But if written products are being altered for political reasons, or worse withheld entirely, how can the American people trust that this Administration will inform voters on how foreign powers are trying to influence them, or where the threats really come from, and protect National Security — particularly when it contradicts the President's preferred narrative or personal political interests ? In short, they can't, and that's dangerous.
If achievable, this is the preferred option for our first exploration mission.
They could have pushed it through two weeks ago and we wouldn't be talking about this right now, which is what I would have preferred.
I think that everybody was happy to see Arnold out on the tee, i think Arnold was happy to be on the tee. I think he would have preferred to hit a golf ball.
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- preferitCatalan, Valencian
- preferovanýCzech
- preferindaEsperanto
- preferidoSpanish
- ensisijainen, suositeltuFinnish
- préféréFrench
- disukaiIndonesian
- preferidoPortuguese
- предпочтительнымRussian
- 首选Chinese
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